Tag Archives: Art and Revolution

Ben Morea in Exarchia

Posted on May 18, 2026 by Julius Gavroche

From the CrimethInc. collective (13/05/2026) A Eulogy and Paean to Freedom Ben Morea has passed away. Known for his participation in Up Against the Wall Motherfucker, the self-styled “street gang with an analysis” active in the Lower East Side of Manhattan … Continue reading →

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For José Domínguez Muñoz, “El Cabrero” (1944-2026)

Posted on May 17, 2026 by Julius Gavroche

I am not the animalthat stays silent for a mealI am not that animalbecause I have within mea discontentthat nourishes me. The sea boasts of its depthand time of its wisdomthe wind, of its powerthe sea boasts of its depththe … Continue reading →

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For Ben Morea (1940-2026)

Posted on May 10, 2026 by Julius Gavroche

For Ben Morea, a eulogy and a collection of interviews. A Life in Rebellion Ariel Uesseler, May 7th, 2026, Ill Will On Saturday May 2, 2026, our friend and comrade Ben Morea (1941-2026) — animist, artist, and lifelong revolutionary — … Continue reading →

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Happy birthday, Dario

Posted on March 24, 2026 by Julius Gavroche

“At the root of everything I write, … is tragedy. One must never forget that Accidental Death involves a man who has been thrown out of a window, and that Can’t Pay? Won’t Pay! hinges on a man who is … Continue reading →

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For Frederick Wiseman (1930 – 2026)

Posted on February 19, 2026 by Julius Gavroche

Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity. Simone Weil, Grace and Gravity Frederick Wiseman died this last Monday, February 16, and whatever words we could share to celebrate his work we thought should be his. And as for … Continue reading →

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For Philippe Gaulier (1943–2026): The anarchy of clowning

Posted on February 11, 2026 by Julius Gavroche

There is no pool … which has not some dead leaves floating on its surface, no human soul upon which there do not settle habits that make it rigid against itself by making it rigid against others … Henri Bergson, … Continue reading →

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For Peter Watkins (1935-2025)

Posted on November 7, 2025 by Julius Gavroche

History is the object of a construction whose place is formed not in homogenous and empty time, but in that which is fulfilled by the here-and-now [Jetztzeit]. For Robespierre, Roman antiquity was a past charged with the here-and-now, which he … Continue reading →

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Giorgio Agamben – Difference and Repetition: On Guy Debord’s Films (1995)

Posted on September 9, 2025 by Julius Gavroche

Returning to a text that we have published before, we close our series on Guy Debord’s films with a reflection on the same by Giorgio Agamben.

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In girum imus nocteet consumimur igni (1978)

Posted on September 9, 2025 by Julius Gavroche

In the present film, for example, I am simply stating a few truths over a background of images that are all trivial or false. This film disdains the image-scraps of which it is composed. I do not wish to preserve … Continue reading →

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The Society of the Spectacle (1973)

Posted on September 9, 2025 by Julius Gavroche

In societies dominated by modern conditions of production, life is presented as an immense accumulation of spectacles. Everything that was directly lived has receded into a representation. In a world that is really upside down, the true is a moment of the false. … Continue reading →

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